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Re: Possible pun: {bID}

• From: Pillow <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Possible pun: {bID}
• Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 12:47:24 -0900
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d'Armond Speers wrote:

> I have a friend who's a scientist at the NIH, who focuses on alcohol
> withdrawal treatment.  I was recently reviewing some case descriptions he's
> written, and I came across the following notation:  n mg of <medication> po
> BID.  I asked what "po BID" means, and he says "BID means twice a day (bis
> in die)" (Latin).  "bis" means "twice", but "BID" means "twice a day," in
> other words, every half-day.
>
> It's a stretch, sure, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
>
> --Holtej 'utlh

I saw the same thing a few months ago. Too bad TID (3xdaily) and QID (4xdaily)
don't do the same "thing" then we would know it was intentional.

pIl'o'

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